Firstly, I fully understand your sentiment here. Yeah sure, more $ generally mean you can buy more stuff BUT this is NOT always true. For instance, I have one Quadrillion dollars in cash (yes, that is a real number & yes it is/was real currency).... the problem is that the currency is from Zimbabwe. OK, but we all know that Zimbabwe was a special case, that only happened as it was a developing nation with much corruption & this never happens in "our" world.... WRONG!!!
There are plenty of examples in the 20th century alone... Germany was one & look at them now! At the height of hyperinflation in Weimar Germany, currency was being burnt as fuel for heating!!! My point is NOT that we are heading for those extremes, but rather to articulate how far that end of the scale can really go.
Now, back to the more $$$ thing. IMO, selling an "asset" to pay a bill is a matter of last resort. An asset "generates" income in a true business sense. This income buys "stuff", so why would we sell an "asset"? Perhaps to buy a better asset... The other point is regarding "value" versus "price". If when I bought gold, it took 500 oz to buy an average home, and now it cost me 200 oz to buy same/equivalent home, do I really care what the $$$ price of my gold is? I suggest not, as in this instance currency is being used effectively... as an exchange medium
This may sound like a subtle point, but I assure you it is a significant shift in HOW to think about money, currency and assets.